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Word: restful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...always gives me a horrible sinking feeling," she said, "when people come up to me and say 'Let them stew in their own juice; it isn't our war because we can't help suffering when all the rest of the world is suffering. We can't go scot-free. For people who think they can give one a terrible feeling of lack of real appreciation of the responsibility that lies on us, as one great nation at peace today, to be thinking seriously of what we can do to alleviate suffering for civilian populations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Sons and War | 10/9/1939 | See Source »

...Jews were frightened. But having been deprived of all their valuable possessions, they now grimly waited for the same thing to happen to the rest of the Germans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Grim | 10/9/1939 | See Source »

...none too sure of Jack Wilson as the stroke of the 1940 varsity. While Wilson turned in a performance last spring that spoke well for his ability, especially since he only stroked sprint races, he certainly doesn't have the power of the rangy men that make up the rest of the crew...

Author: By William W. Tyng, | Title: War Smashes Olympic Dreams of West Coast Crews; East-West Race Possible | 10/5/1939 | See Source »

Miss Cornell's performance was magnificent. Criticizing her or making an attempt at analysis would be futile. All one can do is sit in awe and reverence before someone who is making stage history with every part she takes. The rest of the cast, fine actors all of them, are forced to play second fiddle, not because of their lack, but her tremendous skill...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Playgoer | 10/4/1939 | See Source »

Honeymoon in Bali (Paramount) is one of those over-jaunty comedies that have too good a time the first part of the evening, suddenly begin to stagger around, then fold up for the night. The rest is hangover...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Oct. 2, 1939 | 10/2/1939 | See Source »

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